When I read Ruby Bridges to my class and think aloud with my kiddos, they know I am sharing my thinking, but they also know I am teaching them what strong readers do when they read. When I share my questions, struggles, confusions, and AHAs that I have had while reading my own personal texts, my kiddos actually see me living the writerly/readerly life that I want them to have too. They can actually see that it goes way beyond Ruby Bridges. Sometimes it might be the confusing e-mail text, directions to a new technology device, or new game instructions. All of those things that I share with them become modeling. Of course the teaching happens too, but that's the bonus :-) I see Think Aloud and Modeling as two seperate things (both part of my teaching process).
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